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policy and specifically the palestinian issue was hardly mentioned even by the labor party you find that surprising what does it tell us go ahead. and i did i did find it surprising i think if you if you look at benjamin netanyahu his first term there was one issue on the table most of the time and that was iran and whether iraq and whether israel was going to start a war with iran and bomb its nuclear facilities or whether it was going to convince the united states to do so that it's been issue number one all of the sudden all of a sudden we find that the election for the israelis was really about homegrown issues the economy reform of government the the wealth distribution in the country the affordability of housing all those issues that a half a million israelis were out on the mall over in the summer of two thousand and eleven so it's quite surprising ok i mean robert were you surprised by that because i mean again you know netanyahu is you know beating his chest about iran all the time even started doing it right after the election even though he he had his nose bloodied quite
policy and specifically the palestinian issue was hardly mentioned even by the labor party you find that surprising what does it tell us go ahead. and i did i did find it surprising i think if you if you look at benjamin netanyahu his first term there was one issue on the table most of the time and that was iran and whether iraq and whether israel was going to start a war with iran and bomb its nuclear facilities or whether it was going to convince the united states to do so that it's been...
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while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control and the executive orders are useless and legislative proposals and i suspect will not pass in this country i don't think it's in the offing and you were in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on key economic issues including reaching a last minute deal as the country teetered on the edge of fiscal cliff presidents who have trouble with congress like to do international things because they have to worry about congress much less the president's actions so far have shown little possibility that in the next four years he will be any more. simple on major foreign policy initiatives as far as the mess that many doubt whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to move significantly beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of. now with obama given a second chance at a change j
while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control and the executive orders are useless and legislative proposals and i suspect will not pass in this country i don't think it's in the offing and you were in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on key...
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ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism in the sweat of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria hillary clinton also spoke about how the u.s. needs to help the governments in the region to deal with their security to build their institutions and all of this in the context of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a spall or u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a bigger u.s. footprint in the region earned in her testimony hillary clinton come sunday the
ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism in the sweat of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created...
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flexible on major foreign policy issue with as far as the mess that any of that whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to have significantly beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of. now what about given a second chance and change james lark a former hand of america's libertarian party believes and hope for it as futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard was what president obama. was ever stimulus and b. . in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all of my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not which it was sanguine about the prospects or or toward the united stat
flexible on major foreign policy issue with as far as the mess that any of that whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to have significantly beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of. now what about given a second chance and change james lark a former hand of america's libertarian party believes and hope for it as futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our...
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looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up later this hour. and jordan prepares for its not part of the mentary election with the u.s. backed monarchy saying it's the beginning of reform the powerful muslim brotherhood boycott the vote saying it's a gimmick and change isn't happening fast enough. americans are being kept in the dark about how and why they're being followed by the nation's security agency a civil liberties group in the u.s. ask the f.b.i. to spell out what techniques it's using when it tracks citizens but is going to can explains the reply raised more questions than answers. everybody knows that the f.b.i. uses all sorts of tracking devices on cars cell phones and whatnot everything that can carry g.p.s. the american civil liberties union filed the request under the freedom of information act asking for the justice department to review the f.b.i.'s guidelines their internal memos as to how and under what circumstances they track people as of now there is no clear understanding among americans of when they will be subjected to t
looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up later this hour. and jordan prepares for its not part of the mentary election with the u.s. backed monarchy saying it's the beginning of reform the powerful muslim brotherhood boycott the vote saying it's a gimmick and change isn't happening fast enough. americans are being kept in the dark about how and why they're being followed by the nation's security agency a civil liberties group in the u.s. ask the f.b.i. to spell...
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foreign policy there were some initial criticisms of the lobby and from some pro israel senators and that seems to subside it looks like he was doing it in whether that will be the beginning of a new policy where there's some light between u.s. policy and israeli policy israel's really undermining u.s. national security every day it violates the rights of palestinians puts in place new settlements threatens iran it undermines our national security in that region the world so they find a way to back away from this total support for israel that really allows them to abuse the rights of palestinians and their neighbor was sticking with the region lots of focus on the middle east washington continues actually to slap more sanctions on iran will obama be able to talk iranians into opening up to the west. well you know every time iran struck i'd open up to the rest was the u.s. has ignored them so it's not clear what the u.s. really wants we talk about opening up the rest we talk about you know trying to come to some kind of supply relationship with iran but in reality we never take the ol
foreign policy there were some initial criticisms of the lobby and from some pro israel senators and that seems to subside it looks like he was doing it in whether that will be the beginning of a new policy where there's some light between u.s. policy and israeli policy israel's really undermining u.s. national security every day it violates the rights of palestinians puts in place new settlements threatens iran it undermines our national security in that region the world so they find a way to...
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looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up for you later this hour. but first after two years of simmering and sometimes violent protests against corruption and enough to authorities jordan is finally getting a parliamentary election the king called the vote to appease those demanding change but is this the council of now reports that threatens to push the country further into crisis beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has remained relatively stable amid the wave of regimes falling in the arab spring wednesday's parliamentary elections are part of the reform efforts undertaken by the government in an attempt to quell popular dissatisfaction anathema. i'm optimistic that our political system has taken a big step forward if a parliament wants to enjoy respect the very first thing it needs is to be elected as a result of the fair election that's what our future parliament is going to be but a balanced parliament just something that is highly on likely to come out of this election is being boycotted by georgia's most p
looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up for you later this hour. but first after two years of simmering and sometimes violent protests against corruption and enough to authorities jordan is finally getting a parliamentary election the king called the vote to appease those demanding change but is this the council of now reports that threatens to push the country further into crisis beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has...
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foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening where it can't that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have made and it seems there is a notion that as long as there are no u.s. boots on the ground as long as wars are fought either with a remote control or through proxies it's a success and it's not perceived as aggressive again president obama's hit and run style libya intervention was touted as a success then the u.s. invested a died and it became more difficult to brag about libya and ignored the mess that we get turned into so it very much seems like it's not about the president's actions it's about perce
foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening where it can't that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and...
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you know a foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences it's just won't be the ground in beijing forces it'll be more or propping up dictatorships and bombing the countries now at home we've seen significant pushback from congress and with republicans maintaining a majority in the house of representatives how tough will it be for barack obama to push any of his policies forward in the coming term. not difficult especially on issues of national security i mean there's a broad bipartisan consensus on some of the most terrible. security issues that affect us on the domestic front i mean for example warrantless wiretapping this is a policy that was why it had lee criticized when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it even though the government has acknowledged that the secretive program has exceeded its legal limits violating americans force the fourth amendment constitutional rights the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and ba
you know a foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences it's just won't be the ground in beijing forces it'll be more or propping up dictatorships and bombing the countries now at home we've seen significant pushback from congress and with republicans maintaining a majority in the house of representatives how tough will it be for barack obama to push any of his policies forward in the coming term. not difficult...
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germany have their own problems with brussels having too much power in their opinion over domestic policy of member states however the way that david cameron was looking at going about changing not was and the way forward a similar type of reaction in france from the french foreign minister he said that it was that it could be dangerous for the united kingdom if it was to go it's a load outside of europe saying what david cameron was suggesting was like turning up to play for a football team and then walk upon a rival saying no no let's play rugby essentially is that moving the goal posts martin schulz the speaker of the european parliament certainly pulling no punches he said it would be it was ridiculous basically what david cameron was putting forward and in fact pointed the finger at back at the united kingdom saying that the u.k. always complains that decisions in brussels take too long the speaker of the parliament saying well it's the united kingdom that draws these things out and drags them out and makes them take too long essentially though the underlying message from everybody a
germany have their own problems with brussels having too much power in their opinion over domestic policy of member states however the way that david cameron was looking at going about changing not was and the way forward a similar type of reaction in france from the french foreign minister he said that it was that it could be dangerous for the united kingdom if it was to go it's a load outside of europe saying what david cameron was suggesting was like turning up to play for a football team...
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to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs marketable day he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow's a university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want you don't do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy and right now it's a very turbulent time there's.
to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs marketable day he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow's a university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want you don't do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy and...
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relations committee has extensive foreign policy experience his confirmation is seen as a practical shoo in next up a change that could determine a lot about this country's economic future treasury secretary timothy geitner is stepping down this comes amid the debt ceiling seaquest ration an appropriation of faith as well as calls for reform of the tax system the president nominated current white house chief of staff jack lew. successor lew is known as the numbers guy a budget hawk and a tough bargain are among other things now secretary of defense leon panetta is set to be replaced by former senator chuck hagel he earned two purple hearts for his service in the vietnam war he was nomination was seen by many republicans as a slap in the face because he went on to oppose the iraq war and later years ago is also sharply criticized earlier this month for the comments that he made about israel and openly and gay gay embassador so looks like he will be confirmed now a duty sex scandal cut short david petraeus this time as cia director set to replace him is john brennan a cia guy one of t
relations committee has extensive foreign policy experience his confirmation is seen as a practical shoo in next up a change that could determine a lot about this country's economic future treasury secretary timothy geitner is stepping down this comes amid the debt ceiling seaquest ration an appropriation of faith as well as calls for reform of the tax system the president nominated current white house chief of staff jack lew. successor lew is known as the numbers guy a budget hawk and a tough...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government head of the group has flown to cateye are trying to secure promises a financial aid for in the rebel held areas and the opposition is mulling the idea of a government in exile with differences remaining over who should lead. the new executive this is serious foreign minister has called on office opponents to lay down arms and start a national dialogue with the opposition groups though rejected earlier calls for talks seeking more support from their western and arab backers instead of political analysts they are sad seen
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money and government awards bonus high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service for more on that head to our t. dot com. also on mind europe encased in snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flight canceled across the continent. now for a look at more news making headlines around the world to packed commuter trains have collided head on during rush hour in the austrian capital vienna five people were severely injured and one person remains trapped in the wreckage firefighters had to haul passengers haul passengers license. they threw windows to safety the line remains closed with hundreds of people stranded on their way to work and the cause of the crash is yet is yet known. at least two insurgents have been killed in a gun battle with security forces in the afghan capital kabul close to the part of the main buil
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money and government awards bonus high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service for more on that head to our t. dot com. also on mind europe encased in snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flight canceled across the...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's coming after a short break to stay with us. do we speak your language or not advance. the music programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles kitten's stories. are you here. to enjoy it all teach spanish find out more visit i to allahabad all tito is calm. what mystery is hidden deep the nice. visitors the north welcome here. traps laid for intruders. and the supernatural cannot rise from nowhere. can a human be possessed by the underwater spirit. mistress of the cave on auntie. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow w
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's...
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policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world how germany does based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however they are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. i spoke to mark thought he's a business professor and independent investment fund manager he told me he's never had any illusions about relations between paris and berlin. basically it's really some of the same have seen the trees i mean francis had a policy of basically keeping germany down for since louis the fourteenth and twentieth century so i mean if you put this in a fright wider framework it doesn't surprise that. frictions and also little fissures and of course the economic strength of germany and the current weakness of france doesn't make it any easier. was needs to do some show for his domestic audience and the same is true for merkel merkel has to say we're being strict in some ways because
policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world how germany does based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however they are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. i spoke to mark thought he's a business professor and independent investment fund manager he told me he's never...
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policy challenges right now in hemisphere haiti venezuela cuba they really could be resolved if we really focus on them then there's the middle east tension which seems to be deadlocked again but having said that he didn't mention those areas in his inaugural address so the problem there really in his mind yeah i guess we'll have to see what happens and remain hopeful that that this time around we can actually see the change that we were promised four years ago he has a vision that at least he sees the big picture some people see america through a keyhole narrow they can see he sees it through a door and the door view one of them of the sixty two thousand and twelve by saying america is pro this is where gays and straights black and white ya know all find some common ground that view of america one that is the model of the kingdom of america and barack obama sees the king view and the course of in the pin this view in that view one that should take us forward by hope and unfortunately we are at a time but i do want to thank you for stopping by the studio that was human rights activist fou
policy challenges right now in hemisphere haiti venezuela cuba they really could be resolved if we really focus on them then there's the middle east tension which seems to be deadlocked again but having said that he didn't mention those areas in his inaugural address so the problem there really in his mind yeah i guess we'll have to see what happens and remain hopeful that that this time around we can actually see the change that we were promised four years ago he has a vision that at least he...
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foreign policy he said i think it's in the interest of the u.s. to get the hell out of the middle east. but wasn't i like it and man i could not agree with you more he went on to say this isn't my theory is the reason we're helping to try to overthrow the syrian regime is that we want to break the alliance between iran and syria the reason we want to break the alliance even though iran is no threat to us is because israel wants the regime to be overthrown . make sense i mean after all week syria means a week iran strong syria means a strong iran you can't really look at these countries as isolated when it comes to foreign policy we all know that and even goes on to say how the israel lobby has bribed a lot of policy makers in washington wow it really is refreshing to hear someone with firsthand knowledge say out loud that the allegiance this country has to israel is due writing and debilitating progress in the u.s. and peace in the middle east so for telling it like it is for giving us that unvarnished truth that's so hard to find these days you s
foreign policy he said i think it's in the interest of the u.s. to get the hell out of the middle east. but wasn't i like it and man i could not agree with you more he went on to say this isn't my theory is the reason we're helping to try to overthrow the syrian regime is that we want to break the alliance between iran and syria the reason we want to break the alliance even though iran is no threat to us is because israel wants the regime to be overthrown . make sense i mean after all week...
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senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran and will we withdraw the missile deployment system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from that bush legacy what a bomb his first four years showed he wasn't by failing to keep some of these pledges. questions if it's a trend that he's had to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they
senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed during the gas plant takeover will go in continue do you think to support the french intervention in mali despite the threats of more attacks. so i think the united kingdom will continue to support the french intervention i imagine that the british government will also want to support our friends in algeria in any way that they might ask mr. david cameron has said that the fight against islamic terrorists in north africa could take decades can britain really afford to get involved like they did in afghanistan which i should mention of course started out with george bush saying that we would be in
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed...
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president obama he has inherited has been the a controversial foreign policy legacy from george w. bush how is it developed under him in a things better or worse do you think. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or end military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran will we withdraw the missile deployment system on your russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from the bush legacy when you talk about confrontation that i mean a bomber still trying to engage the leadership of iran and north korea and convince them is need to shelve their nuclear ambitions but the u.s. sanctions on tehran and new ballistic deals we sat korea provocative rather than co-op
president obama he has inherited has been the a controversial foreign policy legacy from george w. bush how is it developed under him in a things better or worse do you think. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said...
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policy divisions assessing whether there are more lows than on highways and franco german relations no he's not he's played a role of. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formal icing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that the hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between how a couple of course france and germany the two major economies and the well the two biggest voices in europe really when it comes to how to tackle the eurozone crisis all around wants to see more spending to promote growth where is a miracle stuck to her guns saying it's only through austerity that any kind of problems in the eurozone can be. also rising concern here in germany over the state of the french economy the german people and german finance is looking to shoulder thinking well we don't want to get caught up to cold if you'll recall and he sneezes it was a expected that the french economy went into recession at the end of twenty twelve hours also when it comes to matters of defen
policy divisions assessing whether there are more lows than on highways and franco german relations no he's not he's played a role of. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formal icing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that the hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between how a couple of course france and germany the two major economies and the well the two biggest...
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of drones on foreign policy specifically obama has been expanding deadly drone strikes in several countries while standing by the policy of targeted killing of terror suspects none of these methods are legal as far as international laws are concerned but does that actually worry us politicians or even the public for that matter unfortunately it doesn't seem to worry many of the politicians in washington and there are some people who have expressed their concerns about it the nomination of mr brennan and inspections this is something of great concern to many people. unfortunately partly many of my fellow americans don't seem to care about american junction of course overseas we are still many we are in the middle of the war on terrorism and unfortunately despite the fact that many of us for example in the libertarian party are trying to make our noses and where we just don't seem to be getting a lot of slack. now if you go back obama's recently extended the military's authority to detain terror suspects without charge or trial are americans ok with this bush era policy and that it's still in
of drones on foreign policy specifically obama has been expanding deadly drone strikes in several countries while standing by the policy of targeted killing of terror suspects none of these methods are legal as far as international laws are concerned but does that actually worry us politicians or even the public for that matter unfortunately it doesn't seem to worry many of the politicians in washington and there are some people who have expressed their concerns about it the nomination of mr...
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foreign policy. well the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department john kerry will not be able to fundamentally change the course of u.s. foreign policy which is again set in motion set in stone if you will because of the power that the cia and the military really wield over the direction of u.s. relations with so much of the of the world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. into the antiwar dot that we go now starting with the police who hav
foreign policy. well the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department john kerry will not be able to fundamentally change the course of u.s. foreign policy which is again set in motion set in stone if you will because of the power that the cia and the military really wield over the direction of u.s. relations with so much of the of the world particularly the middle east and now...